FIRST THE GOVERNMENT CAME FOR…

First they came for the unbornand I didn’t speak up because I had been born,Then they came for churchgoers,and I didn’t speak up because I couldn’t believe they’d do that,Then they came for the elderly sick, by putting people known to have COVID 19 into nursing homes with the vulnerable,and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t in a nursing home,Then they came for anybody for whom they could get a FEDGOV reimbursement of $17,000 or, better yet, ventilate someone for $39,000,and I didn’t speak up because I didn’t get taken to a hospital,Then they came for the hairdressers,and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a hairdresser,Then they came for people playing in the parks,and I didn’t speak up, because I didn’t play in parks,Then they came for surfers,and I didn’t speak up because I don’t surf,Then they came for the restaurateurs,and I didn’t speak up because I’m not a restaurateur,Then they came for whoever was behind the door during the execution of a no-knock warrant,and I didn’t speak up because it hadn’t happened to me,Then they came for me,and by that time there was no oneleft to speak up for me.[Please, can we all insert the following somewhere before “Then they came for me,”]Then we, the people, came for justice…